Portuguese for Business and Daily Communication

About Course

Portuguese opens doors across Portugal, Brazil and other fast-moving markets, but learners often struggle to turn textbook vocabulary into confident real-world conversation. This practical, beginner-friendly course teaches useful Portuguese for everyday and professional situations through essential pronunciation, introductions, numbers, dates, time, money, transport, food, shopping, accommodation, workplace requests, meetings, messages and customer conversations. By the end, you will be able to manage everyday situations, introduce yourself and your organisation, participate in simple workplace exchanges and communicate respectfully with customers and partners across Portuguese-speaking markets.

Pronounce essential Portuguese sounds and expressions.
Use Portuguese greetings and professional introductions.
Exchange contact, number, date, time and money information.
Manage common daily-life situations in Portuguese.
Make workplace requests and clarify instructions.
Participate in simple professional meetings.
Write short Portuguese messages and emails.
Speak with customers and business partners.
Discuss basic price, availability and delivery information.
Use appropriate professional titles and levels of formality.
Adapt across Portuguese-speaking business cultures respectfully.
Complete realistic Portuguese communication simulations.

Course Content

Section 1: Start Speaking Portuguese
Build an immediately useful foundation in Portuguese. Practise key sounds, stress and rhythm, greetings, polite expressions, basic sentence patterns and strategies for keeping a conversation moving.

Pronounce essential Portuguese sounds
Use stress and rhythm more naturally
Build simple statements and questions
Use formal and friendly greetings
Use polite expressions and courtesy words
Ask for repetition and clarification

Section 2: Introduce Yourself and Your Organisation
Share personal and professional information confidently, introduce your organisation and colleagues, explain the business, exchange contact details and answer common introductory questions.

State your name, nationality and location
Describe your role and responsibilities
Introduce your organisation and its activity
Introduce colleagues and business contacts
Exchange phone, email and address details
Ask and answer introductory questions
State your name, nationality and location
Describe your role and responsibilities
Introduce your organisation and its activity
Introduce colleagues and business contacts
Exchange phone, email and address details

Section 3: Use Numbers, Dates, Time and Money
Handle numbers, phone details, prices, quantities, dates, schedules, appointments, deadlines, addresses and payment language accurately.

Section 4: Manage Everyday Situations
Use Portuguese for directions, transport, food, shopping, accommodation, healthcare assistance and simple public or service conversations.

Section 5: Communicate in the Workplace
Make polite requests, offer help, ask questions, give simple instructions, discuss schedules, confirm responsibilities and report progress.

Section 6: Take Part in Meetings
Welcome participants, state the meeting purpose, ask for clarification, express opinions, agree or disagree politely, make suggestions and confirm next steps.

Section 7: Write Messages and Emails
Write practical messages and emails, request information, confirm appointments, send documents, explain delays and follow up professionally.

Section 8: Speak with Customers and Business Partners
Welcome contacts, identify needs, describe products and services, discuss price, availability, delivery and payment, answer enquiries and promise follow-up.

Section 9: Understand Portuguese-Speaking Business Cultures
Adapt communication across Portugal, Brazil and other Portuguese-speaking markets, considering titles, relationships, formality, time and conversational style.

Section 10: Practise Complete Portuguese Conversations
Combine the course language in realistic daily-life, professional, workplace, meeting, customer and written simulations, then create a personal learning plan.

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Course Content

Section 1: Start Speaking Portuguese Build an immediately useful foundation in Portuguese. Practise key sounds, stress and rhythm, greetings, polite expressions, basic sentence patterns and strategies for keeping a conversation moving.

Pronounce essential Portuguese sounds

Use stress and rhythm more naturally

Build simple statements and questions

Use formal and friendly greetings

Use polite expressions and courtesy words

Ask for repetition and clarification

Section 2: Introduce Yourself and Your Organisation Share personal and professional information confidently, introduce your organisation and colleagues, explain the business, exchange contact details and answer common introductory questions.

State your name, nationality and location

Describe your role and responsibilities

Introduce your organisation and its activity

Introduce colleagues and business contacts

Exchange phone, email and address details

Ask and answer introductory questions

State your name, nationality and location

Describe your role and responsibilities

Introduce your organisation and its activity

Introduce colleagues and business contacts

Exchange phone, email and address details

Section 3: Use Numbers, Dates, Time and Money Handle numbers, phone details, prices, quantities, dates, schedules, appointments, deadlines, addresses and payment language accurately.

Read and say essential numbers

Exchange phone and reference numbers

Discuss prices, quantities and currencies

State dates and calendar information

Arrange times, appointments and deadlines

Confirm payment and numerical information

Section 4: Manage Everyday Situations Use Portuguese for directions, transport, food, shopping, accommodation, healthcare assistance and simple public or service conversations.

Ask for and understand basic directions

Use transport and destination language

Order food and discuss preferences

Shop and ask about prices or sizes

Handle accommodation and simple requests

Request help in public or healthcare settings

Section 5: Communicate in the Workplace Make polite requests, offer help, ask questions, give simple instructions, discuss schedules, confirm responsibilities and report progress.

Make polite workplace requests

Offer and accept professional help

Ask for repetition and clarification

Give simple instructions and directions

Discuss schedules and responsibilities

Report basic progress and completion

Handle short workplace exchanges

Section 6: Take Part in Meetings Welcome participants, state the meeting purpose, ask for clarification, express opinions, agree or disagree politely, make suggestions and confirm next steps.

Welcome participants and begin a meeting

Introduce the purpose and agenda

Ask questions and request clarification

Express an opinion clearly

Agree or disagree politely

Summarise decisions and next steps

Close the meeting professionally

Section 7: Write Messages and Emails Write practical messages and emails, request information, confirm appointments, send documents, explain delays and follow up professionally.

Choose suitable greetings and closings

Write short workplace messages

Request information and documents

Confirm appointments and arrangements

Send attachments and explain delays

Write polite follow-up messages

Section 8: Speak with Customers and Business Partners Welcome contacts, identify needs, describe products and services, discuss price, availability, delivery and payment, answer enquiries and promise follow-up.

Welcome customers and business partners

Ask about needs and priorities

Describe products and services simply

Discuss price, availability and delivery

Discuss basic payment arrangements

Respond to enquiries and promise follow-up

Section 9: Understand Portuguese-Speaking Business Cultures Adapt communication across Portugal, Brazil and other Portuguese-speaking markets, considering titles, relationships, formality, time and conversational style.

Use professional titles and respectful forms

Recognise European and Brazilian Portuguese differences

Understand formality and relationship-building

Adapt to different conversational styles

Use culturally appropriate meeting etiquette

Adapt respectfully without stereotypes

Section 10: Practise Complete Portuguese Conversations Combine the course language in realistic daily-life, professional, workplace, meeting, customer and written simulations, then create a personal learning plan.

Prepare for a practical Portuguese interaction

Complete a daily-life communication simulation

Introduce yourself and your organisation

Participate in a short workplace meeting

Handle a customer or partner conversation

Write a professional follow-up message